{"id":12615,"date":"2021-12-14T12:59:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T12:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smilinggecko.ch\/jahresrueckblick-2021\/"},"modified":"2022-10-14T13:34:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T13:34:10","slug":"jahresrueckblick-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smilinggecko.ch\/en\/jahresrueckblick-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"YEAR END REVIEW 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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    Dear friends of Smiling Gecko<\/p>

    The second Corona year is coming to an end and hereby, we would like to give you a short review of the past year with us in Cambodia. Unfortunately, the situation in Cambodia has not improved. Quite the opposite \u2013 last year in 2020, there were only a few officially confirmed Corona cases while in 2021, there were 120\u2019000 cases and 2\u2019900 deaths by the end of November. And these are only the officially confirmed cases. The number of unreported cases is much higher, especially among the poor rural population.<\/p><\/div>\n \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    And the longer the pandemic last, the worse are the catastrophic economic consequences for the poorest of the poor in the Cambodian population. The closure of textile factories, the lack of tourism and the closed schools have had dramatic consequences for the population and more and more people are suffering from hunger and urgently need support. The situation is especially critical in the surroundings of our project in the rural areas. Only a few of the farming families can survive on their own efforts. Help is urgently needed at all levels. We regularly support with food, medicine and also with financial contributions, so that the families can pay their microcredit interest.<\/p>

    We are very happy that Smiling Gecko is able to provide this vital help, also in 2021, thanks to your great support and solidarity. For this I would like to thank you on behalf of Smiling Gecko and the children and families in Cambodia.<\/p>

    Hannes Schmid
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    Covid continues to spread and remains ubiquitous in 2021. At the beginning of the year, officially reported infection rates also increased due to the new mutations. Across the country, there were no effective measures against the spread of the virus. Vaccination with the Chinese vaccine progressed very slowly at the beginning. Large-scale testing of the population did not take place. In the meantime, almost 80% of the population has been officially vaccinated. Nevertheless, many people still fall seriously ill and it is not known how many are actually affected.<\/div>\n \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    \n\t\t\t\t\u00abThe people are defenceless against the virus and are fighting for their survival. A lot can be achieved with little resources.\u00bb \t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t